Fish lure



March 15,1927. 1,620,972

F. w. v HOBBS FISH LURE Filed April 22, 1926 Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

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I'IBH LUBE.

Application filed April 22, 1926. Serial Io. 108,898.

This invention relates to improvements in fish lures, having for'an ob ect to provide a novel form of spinning lure advantageous and practicable for eithertrolling or plug fishing, which when moved through a body of water, will have the lure proper thereon rotated in difl'erent directions and at relatively different speeds whereby to serve as an attraction or lure to fish and as a stimulus to their striking. v

It 's also an object'of the invention to provide a spinning lure of the character mentioned, in connection with which novel forms of spinner lure units are employed, said units being so constructed as to permit the stamping of the same from a single piece of material, providing a simultaneous operation, means for imparting rotary mot1on to the same during their passage through water and also, bearing means, whereby said umts may be rotatably mounted upon a sultable supporting means.

Another and equally important object of the invention may be stated to reside in the provision of a spirmer fish lure unlt wherein wings are formed upon ortions of the same and so disposed t at y slightly varymg their respective or relative pitch, the unit will be caused to rotate at different speeds when moved through water.

Yetanother object of the invention is to provide a fish lure wherein the op ositely rotatable spinner lure units are of differentcolors, so that when the device is moved through a body of water, the units w1ll rotate in opposite directions and at difierent velocities whereby a variety of optical efiects will be had by reason of the intensity and reflection of 1i ht upon the same, providing different and c anging colors upon the units and hence, lending to its attracting qualities.

Other objects of the invention will be 1n part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readily understood by those skilled in the art, I have in the accompanying illustrative drawings and in the detailed following description based thereupon, set out one possible embodiment of the invention. 1

In these drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved spinner lure,

Figure 2 is a similar view taken at substantially right angles to the Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 isa plan view of one of the blanks from which the spinner lure units are constructed, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentarydetall, partly in section, showing the manner in which one portion of each of the spinner lure units is 'rotatably mounted upon an ad acent bearing means arranged on the supporting wire carrying the spinner lure units.

Having more particular reference to the drawings in connection with which like characters of reference will designate corresponding parts throughout, the improved lure may be stated to comprise a supporting rod or wire designated at this time by the numeral 1, said wire being formed of a single length of material and having its opposite ends bent into the shape of elongated loops designated by the numeral 2, these loops, obviousl serving as means to permit the attaching of a line and hooks or bait thereto.

Prior to the'forming of the elongated loops 2 upon the opposite end portions of the wire 1, spinner lure units designated in their entireties by the numerals 3 and 4 are engaged upon such wire 1, these units 3 and 4 each comprising preferably circular disks of thin sheet metal or other suitable material having relatively arallel and substantially radially dispose slits 5 formed therein in the manner as shown in the Figures 1 and 4, providing thereby, an intermediate arm portion-6 while wing portions 7 and 8 are formed upon the opposlte sides aligning with the bearing opening in theportion .10, so that the said unit may be rotatably mounted upon an adjacent portion of the supporting wire as is indicated in the accompanying drawi In this connection, it will be understood that by reason of the curvature of the arm 9, said arm will have the bearing portion 10 thereof ar the 'the intermediate portion ran ed s to ositivel revent contact of g \l p y of the unit with any ad'acent portion of said supporting wire 1 and y consequence, friction during rotation of the unit about the supporting wire 1 will be reduced to minimum.

That the various spinner lure units 3 and 4 mounted u on the supporting wire 1 may be rotated w en the device is moved through a body of water, the wings 7 and 8 are provided, said wings being curved upon themselves as is indicated'by the numeral 12 in the Figures 1 and 2, such wings being extended and curved in opposite directions as is clearly shown, to either side of the bearing portion carrying arm 6, aforesaid. Thus, it will be appreciated that when the unit is moved through a body of water, the resistance ofi'ered'by the curved wing portions 7 and 8 will be such as to effect rotation of the equipped unit. In this connection, it is to be noted that because of the manner in which the wings 7 and 8 are formed upon their respective units 3 or 4, said units will be caused to revolve or rotate upon the wire as the device in its entirety is either drawn through or lowered down into a body offwater, thus rendering the lure advantageous and racti'cable 'for usage in trolling or in plug shing.

In assembling a fish lure constructed in accordance with my invention, I preferably employ two or more of the spinner lure units upon a supporting wire 1 of appropriate length and in so assembling said units, the same are arranged in longitudinal relation upon the supporting wire in the manner shown in the Figures 1 and 2, the supporting wire passing through the bearing openings in the portions 10 and 11 of the various units while in order that such units may be individually spaced from one another so as to prevent any interference with their respective rotary motion and to reduce friction to minimum, bearing bodies preferably s herical or substantially spherical in s ape, designated generally herein by numeral 13, are employed. As shown in the Figures 1 and 2, one of these s herical bearingmembers 13 is arranged h bearings 13 are arranged adjacent the outer side portions of said units 3 and 4 inwardly of the inner extremities of the elongated 100 s 2, which, obviously, serveto prevent their lateral displacement and similarly,

lateral displacement of the s inner lure units rotatably mounted upon t e supporting wire 1. In this connection, particular attention is invited to the peculiar and novel formation of the. curved offset flange 11 engaged over one portion of the supporting wire 1. At this point, it will be seen that said flange is so curved as to have a substantially flush bearing with the adjacent etween the units 3 and 4 while other curved portion of the spherical body 13 and by conse uence, it will be appreciated that any poss1 ilit of binding 0 the adjacent spinner unit t ereupon and by conse uence, prevention of its rotation upon the a jacent portion of the supporting wire 1 will be avoided; also, that because of the fact that there is flush engagement of the curved portion of the flange 11 with the adjacent portion of the spherical bearing 13, mutilation of said bearing with the resultant wear thereupon during rotation of the spinner unit will be reduced to minimum.

' The spinner lure units 3 and 4 are referably of different colors, for examp e, the unit 3may be of white or silver like color whereas the unit 4 ma be of yellow or gold like color. Thus, wit rotation of the units during passage of the device through a body of water, it will be readily understood that a variety of distinctly different optical effects ,will be had because of the reflection of light of different. intensities and from different angles upon said units, thus permitting such units to produce a multiplicity of changing color effects, therelending materially to the attracting qualities of the device as a fish lure. Obviousliy, these colors may be changed or varie such as conditions or preferencemay dictate.

At this point, it is timely to note that in mounting or assembling the units 3 and 4 upon the supporting wire 1, the respective wings 7 and 8 thereon are arranged at different pitches; that is, the wings 7 and 8 upon the unit 3 are so disposed as to effect rotation of this particular unit in one direction, while the wings 7 and 8 upon the unit 4 are sodisposed as to effect rotation of. thatunit in an opposite direction; Similarly, by varying, even slightly, the relative pitch of the wings 7 and 8 upon the units 3 and 4, the

velocity or speed of rotation of the respective units 3 and 4 may be varied and in this connection, I may and preferably do so form the wings 7 and 8 upon one of said units as to cause its rotation at a less velocity than that at Which the other 01' remaining unit or units willbe rotated. In this way, other means are rovided for producing still further optica effects as the fish lure is moved through a body of water, thus causing the same to act as an effectual stimulus to the j strikin of fish upon the equi ped line.

While have herein shown an lllustrated the improved fish lure as consisting of two spinner lure units, it is of course to be fully understood that any number of these units may be employed, such preference may dictate, it being desirable at times to utilize three units, at other times four, and soon. Similarly, it is to be understood that the colors of these diiferent units may be varied throughout so as to produce as conditions or the desired optical-eifects when the device is drawn through a body of water.

Manifestly,' the construction shown is capable of considerable modification, and 5 such modification as is within the'scope of my claim, I consider within the spirit of my invention.-

I claim:

A fish lure comprising a rod, a spherical l0 bearing rotatable on the rod and a spinner on the rod constructed from a'disk of metal provided with a pair of slits extending from the center of the disk through the marginal edge thereof to form an arm curving away first hole to receive said wire,

from the rod with the free end bent at an angle and providedwith a hole for freely receiving said wire, said disk further having wings on opposite sides of the arm and havingia mar al rtion ofiset and provided with a. ole 1n ali cut with said said marginal offset portion being curved to conform to a portion of the curved surface of said ,bear- 1 -.to form a seat therefor.

in witness whereof I have hereunto set 25 my hand.

FRA KLIiv W HOBBS. 

